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U.C.C. Survey: General Provisions, Bulk Transfers, And Documents Of Title, David Frisch Jan 1986

U.C.C. Survey: General Provisions, Bulk Transfers, And Documents Of Title, David Frisch

Law Faculty Publications

A drafting compromise by the U.C.C. drafters in section 1-105 dictated the state having an "appropriate relation" to govern choice of law problems in the absence of a contractual clause, and if there is a clause, a "reasonable relation" to the state selected. The purpose was to leave choice of law problems to the general rules of the common law. Thus, some courts in breach of warranty cases continue to apply the tests of "place of injury" for personal injury suits and "place of contracting" for what does not involve personal injury, while others look for the state having the …


Annual Survey Of Virginia Law: Commercial Law, Michael J. Herbert Jan 1986

Annual Survey Of Virginia Law: Commercial Law, Michael J. Herbert

University of Richmond Law Review

It has been a quiet year in the Commonwealth of Virginia, at least in the area of commercial law. There have been only a smattering of cases, for the most part routine, and slight amendments to Virginia's Uniform Commercial Code (the "Code"). The most significant commercial law development occurred neither in the General Assembly nor the courts, but at the Federal Trade Commission, which is again busying itself with the regulation of consumer credit.


Is Revision Due For Article 2?, David Frisch Jan 1986

Is Revision Due For Article 2?, David Frisch

Law Faculty Publications

Although we ask whether Article 2 should be re-examined, it is not our only question. A second question posed is: What are the sources to which one should look in order to discover whether there is a strong enough need to justify a revision? In addition to mentioning sources, we offer a few examples illustrative of the fruits which these sources can produce. By doing so, we hope to spur additional interest because, if discussion of a new Article 2 is to begin, the sooner it begins the better. Revisions take time. Six years can pass from the time a …